John Hinckley Sr. (abt. 1700)

Born about 28 Jul 1700 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut Colony [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Breed) Hinckley — married 3 Mar 1725 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

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Biography

There seems to be general agreement that this John Hinckley was born 28 Jul 1700, a son of Martha (Lathrop) Hinckley (1677-1737) and Samuel Hinckley Sr (1670-1751). The location of his birth, however, is not certain, as the only reference shows no image of a record ^[1].

Tradition has it that John Hinckley came to Stonington and bought a large tract of land with Henry Cobb, son of Deac. Henry of Barnstable, which they owned together until 1717 when they divided it.

He married 3 Mar 1725, Elizabeth Breed, with whom he had 3 children ^[2],^[3]:

1. John Hinckley (1727-); married Johannah Rose
2. Gershom Breed Hinckley (1730-1809); married Katherine Wightman
3. Elizabeth Hinckley (1735-)

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74G-FPK : 7 January 2020), John Hinckley, 1700.
2. ↑ Breed Family Association #16 (1963), p. 1, no. 6: https://archive.org/details/BreedFamilyAssociationVol161963OCR/page/n48/mode/1up
3. ↑ Breed Family Association Vol. 8 (1929) p. 231, no. 6: https://archive.org/details/breedfamilybree_0/page/n171

• Rootsweb (no. 25): http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nanc/breed/aqwg04.htm

• Wheeler, Richard Anson. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut , p. 430, no. 18: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n452/mode/1up

Acknowledgements

Thank you to Lawrence 'Larry' Chesebro' for creating WikiTree profile Hinckley-398 through the import of LarryChesebro'Hinckley.ged on Aug 16, 2013.